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Please note that our logo (below) only appears on the images on our website and is not on the actual art prints. When you are ready to add this item to your basket, click the button below.       Website Price: £ 185.00       World War Two Royal Navy Cruisers Prints. PCK2700. World War Two Royal Navy Cruisers Prints. Naval Print Pack. Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM2259. Night Attack on the Newcastle by Robert Taylor. Hit and run attacks by fast moving German E-Boats were a constant threat to vital Allied shipping in the Mediterranean during the second World War. Often made under cover of darkness, these fast, highly manoeuvrable craft would speed through a convoy, release their torpedoes, and disappear into the night. During the night of 15 June 1942 German E-Boats of the 3rd Flotilla left their Eastern Mediterranean base at Derna to intercept an Allied convoy bound for the island of Malta. Shortly after midnight, under the command of Leutnant Seigfried Wuppermann, the motor torpedo boat S-56 slipped past two Royal Navy escort destroyers to make a stern attack on the British cruiser HMS Newcastle. Alerted to the incoming attack, suddenly a searchlight at Newcastles foremast switched on, illuminating S-56 from stem to stern. Reacting quickly, Wuppermann fired two torpedoes in quick succession from 600 yards, and turned hard to starboard to make good his escape. A second searchlight aboard Newcastle pin-pointed S-56, but by then it was too late. Travelling at 33 knots, under fire from the escorts, S-56 threw out a smoke screen and released depth charges as a distraction, and disappeared into the darkness. Robert Taylors action packed painting shows S-56 some thirty seconds after release of her torpedoes, as the first explodes against the hull of HMS Newcastle. The second will strike a few seconds later. The cruiser, though badly damaged, limped back to Alexandria. Signed by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach GCB DL (deceased), Lieutenant John Baber RNVR, Able Seaman Wilfred Marriott RN, Signalman Arthur Deakin RN and Chief Petty Officer Rupert Stant RN. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 26 inches x 20 inches (66cm x 51cm) Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM1288. HMS Dorsetshire by Ivan Berryman. The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck by the British battleships Rodney and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total of 110 out of an original complement of 2,300. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Website Price: £ 185.00   To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £270.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £85 All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling   Signatures on this item *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. Name Info Able Seaman Wilfred Marriott RN *Signature Value : £15 (matted) Wilfred Marriott joined the Royal Navy in May 1941 and his first ship was HMS Newcastle, Trained on Newcastle as a torpedo man, he served on the ship throughout the Mediterranean. After the attack upon her by German E-boats, he remained with the ship to New York for repairs, and stayed with the Newcastle until the end of the war. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach GCB DL (deceased) *Signature Value : £20 (matted) Serving throughout World War II, Henry Leach was a young Lieutenant in the forward 14” turret of HMS Duke of York during the sinking of the German Battleship Scharnhorst. From 1953-55 he was Gunnery Officer of HMS Newcastle, and is a Patron of the Newcastle Association. He commanded the destroyer Dunkirk, was Frigate Squadron Leader in Galatea, the carrier Albion, and became first Sea Lord, and Chief of Naval staff in 1979. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach, who died on April 26th 2011 aged 87, was First Sea Lord during the Falklands war and is credited with persuading Margaret Thatcher that the islands could be regained by military means. Chief Petty Officer Rupert Stant RN *Signature Value : £15 (matted) After escaping from Singapore, Rupert joined HMS Newcastle in Ceylon, in March 1942. He was a Chief Petty Officer in charge of the forward engine Room at the time of the E-boat attack, and after the initial repairs in Aden, stayed with the ship on her voyage to America. He remained with the Newcastle until April 1946. Lieutenant John Baber RNVR *Signature Value : £15 (matted) One of the HMS Newcastle's crew on the night of 14/15th June 1942. Posted to HMS Newcastle in January 1942, he was one of the three lookouts alongside the ship's open Bridge, and his action station was in the cordite chamber under 'Y' turret. Later he was commissioned in early 1943, and served with Coastal forces, carrying out sweeps in the channel against E-boats and armed trawlers. Signalman Arthur Deakin RN *Signature Value : £15 (matted) Joining the Royal Navy in April 1941, HMS Newcastle was Arthur's first ship and he joined her in January 1942. He served as a Signalman on the ship's flag deck and Brigade, and was returning there when the torpedo struck. He eventually left the Newcastle in Mombassa in July 1942.